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St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-20
CAPS AND COCKADES.
What These symbols Typiied in France
The TricOIOr Flag.

What These symbols Typified in France
The Tricolor Flag.
The French little red cap Of liberty was
clearly considered as national emblem long
before 1892. Prudhomme in frontispiece
to the number of his journal for the 9Th 0.
May, 1890, places the Phrygian cap in a con
spicuous position. The cap appears on two
medals struck at Paris in July, 179O; one
represents the King as taking the oath to 4
new constitution, and the other CONNIE mo
rates the confederation of the French peD-
pie. Although these instances point on
that the cap was national bad,'
long before the mutiny. took place
badge originated with the red convict cap,
Many convicts, after having had their pris-
OnS broken open and made good their escape
assumed the position of leaders Of the rest
of the rabble, who looked up to them as
heroes and martyrs. This cap at the height
Of the Reign of Terror, was almost univer-
sally worn by the advanced radicals and the
abominable sans culottes, To use the words
of a contemporary of the revolution Of 194S.
the 'bounet rouge lived in the hearts of the
people, and was venerated by them as the
symbol of the sutterings 81 the poor down
trOdden people of France"
The bundle of rods tied up round an ak
was another Of the revolutionary badges
adopted from the emblems of the ancient
Roman lictOrs. The bundles of rods and the
ak represented justice and the strong arm Of:
the law. In France the place of the ak was
taken by large and knotty club, to repre-
sent the force Of the people over the higher
ranks of society. These last badges were
officially recognized and We're used on the
coins, bank notes and other government
property.
The famous trcolor, or French flag, com
posed of the three colors adopted for the
cockades, began its iIlustriOUs career as al
emblem of the revolution and a substitute fOr
the more sanguinary red flag under whose
shade some of the most bloodthlrsty and in
human deeds ever recorded III history were
perpetrated. 1t became very popular, and
has since deservedly obtained the high esteem
of all true French patriots. Under this flag
and the eagles of Napoleon Bonaparte the
fiery French soldiers were led to the conquest
of Germany the defeat Of the Russians, the
complete subjugation OF Italy and the hum
bling ofAustria. And although it nearly sut-
fered an eclipse in 1871 and 1873, it still rears
its head as the proud emblem Of the great
French ion.-Chanl6e1s Journal.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-20

! the big bell having stopped. Lights were
still to be seen flashing about in the town,
! but the uproar there had come to an end.
! THE savages have retreated,' said |.
NO" said Arthur; mo, they have merely
drawn away to hold consultation. They
will return with some new plan of attack"
Presently, just as we were about to betake
ourselves to the rocky walls ofthe canyon to
be out of the way of any of the hostiles that
might come toward our camp, the yelling
below was renewed, and from four different
quarters showers of blazing arrows were shot
into the town. Soon matched roofs were
blazing in a number of places, and in short
| time the whole town was in flames.
1t was hell upon earth for time down in
the town-musketry rafting, the cannon
booming, savages yelling and hundreds of
persons within the walls shouting and Shrek
ing. Many seemed roasting in the flames.
Very soon, however, the cannon ceased to
| was heard The town was mass of flames.
All the surrounding mountains were lighted
up. Where we stood one might have
| threaded a needle.
| Looking into the town we could see the
people running about in confusion. They
focked to the plaza and rushed along
through the broad open spaces left as thor
oughfares near the walls. A great crowd
had collected about a gate in the south side
of the wall This gate they suddenly flung
open and rushed forth with last discharge
of the cannon and heavy fire of musketry
moving lane through the mass of saw
ages that had collected at that point.
Women and children, as well as men,
could be seen streaming out at the gate and
pouring over the wall at the opposite side of
the town, where ladders had been placed for
retreat About the gate, as soon as the In
dams rallied and closed in, there was great
slaughter; also at the north side of the town
when the assailants discovered that the
people of the place were attempting to escape
by means of scaling ladders. Such swarms
of sayages surrounded the town that the
streams of panic stricken inhabitants pour
ing out melted away as the waters of brook
sink into III sands of desert
The shrieks of the flying wretches VIII,
were being butchered and the exuItant wells
of the savages became almost deafening but
suddenly all other sounds were drowned in
an explosion that shook the earth and sent
showers of fire and thousand missiles far
and wide. The magazine, near the centre of
the town, had blown up.
As [ stood almost stricken dumb by this
catastrophe, not knowing what next to expect
in this wild whirl of events-events that
seemed mnaturally hurried along, like
panorama SO hastily drawn before the spec
tator as to almost blend in one the several
scenes or parts-Arthur grasped my arm
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-20

under jaw dropped and his countcnance took
on very serious look. In moment, how
ever, he recovered his usual equanimity, anc
turning to Mr.. Farquhar said in a reproach
full tone:
"Ahl Ned, why did you mention that
here? You will get for us the credit of being
apair of superstitious simpletonsW
cit was slip of the tongue, Arthur" said
Farquhar. II incidentally made some
allusion to the matter, and the words SC
dropped excited the curiosity of our friend
here to such degree that he would not rest
until I promised to give him the whole
story
Looking askance at me- the scout muttered
something to the effect that his understand
ing had all along been that what they saw
and heard at the ruined town were things
not to be talked about. Finally he declared
that unless | would promise to say nothing
about the adventure until they were beyond
the Atlantic he would not consent to have
the story told.
II feel that way about it myself" said Far
quhar. 'You see," explained he, "should
what we have to relate become generally
known here, or in other places on the route,
we are likely to be worried to death by all
kinds of cranks for particulars, while on the
other hand all hard-hearted people will say
we are either liars or dreaming idiots"
The two men being set at ease upon the
point that had been raised, Farquhar seated
himself and began as follows:
After spending over year in Mexico to
which country l was on my way at the time of
my first visit to the Comstock, | early last
summer arrived at Tucson, Ariz., where ]
made the acquaintance of my friend here,
Mr.. Lee. was looking for just such man,
and soon after we became acquainted it was
arranged between us that we should make a
trip into New Mexico for the purpose of ex-
,lorlng portion of the Sierra Madre noun
tains. which we both had reason to believe
would be found very rich in mines of gold,
silver and other valuable metals. As you
know, there are many traditions among both
The Mexieans and the Indians Of the old
spaniards having made settlements and
worked mines in those mountains over 200
years ago.
The accounts which had been obtained by
Mr.. Lee from several old Indians of various
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-20
LUNCHEON.
RagOut Of Sweetbreads.
Potato ScallOrS.
Lettuce Salad with PLAIN dressing.
Cousin Melissa's Sponge Cake.
Lemonade.

Lettuce Salad with pldln dressing.
Cousin Melissa S Sponge Cake.
Lemonade.
RAGoUT OF SwEETBREADs-Boil the sweet
breads for ten minutes; leave them in ice
cold water for half an hour; wipe dry, cut
into dice, add half as much mushroom dice
and stew in enough broth to cover them ten
minutes. Season well with pepper and salt;
put in half cupful of stewed tomatoes,
strained, tablespoonful of Drowned flour
cut up in as much butter: boil up sharply
and serve.
PoTATo ScALLoPs.-Mash potatoes soft with
butter and milk; season with pepper and
salt; whip to cream and fill scallop shells
with the mixture. mounding it high and
smoothly. Bake quickly. and as they brown
wash over lightly with beaten egg. Eat hot
from the shells.
COUSIN MELIssA's SPONGE CAKE.-Twelve
eggs, four cups of powdered sugar, four cups
of prepared flour, juice and grated peel of two
lemons. Beat whites and yolks separately
and very light, add the sugar to the yolks
then lemon juice and rind, the whites, at
last the -four, stirred in quickly. Too mach
stirring toughens this cake. Bake in square
or brick-shaped pans, lined with buttered
paper Be very careful as to the baking.
Lay white paper over the pans when the
cake goes into the oven for the door should
not be opened in less than twenty minutes
Turn the tins then gently, or the batter may
fall. This is for large quantity of sponge
cake but it will be so good that it will dis
appear rapidly.
LEMoNADE.-Peels six lemons roll and slice
them and pack in pitcher alternately with
sugar, allowing for each lemon two heaping
tablespoonsfuls. Cover and set in cool place
for ten or fifteen minutes before adding three
pints of water and lump of ice Stir well
and long; fill tumblers one-third the way to
the top with cracked ice and pour in the
lemonade.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-20
WONDERFUL BIRDS,
Carrier Pigeons Said to be Controlled by
Magnetic Influences.


Magnetic Influences.
There is something truly wonderful about
the feats of carrier pigeons. Carried in a
dark express car several hundred miles over
half dozen different railroads, with no pos
sible opportunity Of knowing anything of
the country through which they pass, or the
direction in which they are going they are
released from their prison, and straightway,
without any hesitation, begin their bee-line
journey home. What mysterious power di-
reefs their flight? Many theories have been
advanced. Signal Service Observer David,
who released those recently sent from Phila-
delphia, seems to think the most plausible
theory is that the birds are controlled by
magnetic currents, very much as magnetic
needle is controlled. A sort of an inc fina.
BILE something points out to them the way in
which they should go. That may be the
true theory and it may not. At any rate,
these beautiful birds furnish abundant food
for reflection to all who care to consider
their truly wonderful work.-AHanta Consti-
tuition
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-20
Secondhand C0rks.

These corks, says correspondent, after
lying for weeks around in bar-rooms, covered
with bad smelling and fermenting vegeta-
tons, are sold to dealers who subject them
to kind of bleaching process. run them
through a smoothing machine, and sell them
to bottlers, weiss-beer brewers and others, for
use again. A cork may be never so well
cleaned, but the internal assures in it always
retain some of the negotiations referred to,
and communicate its ravaging properties to
the liquids they are used to preserve Such
uses should be prohibited Analust
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-20
7 WTI.
Meringued Coffee. Tea.

LOBSTER COMMUNICATIONS the meat of
large lobster quite fine, stir into a cupful of
drawn butter, beat up an egg and add it,
with the juice of half lemon, salt to taste
and Il little cayenne. The drawn butter
should be rather stiff. Set the paste thus
made on ice until stiff and cold, Take out a
great spoonful at time, make into GRO
quotes, roll in -four, then in beaten egg,
again in pounded cracker. Fry carefully in
hot lard, drain each as you take it up and
serve on hot dish
BREAD AND MILK MUFFINs.-Two cups of
fine dry crumbs two heaping tablespoonful
Of prepared flour, two cups Of boiling milk,
two beaten eggs, one cup of boiling water,
half teaspoonful of salt one tablespoonful
of butter. Pour the boiling salt water on the
crumbs, let them stand covered for half an
hour; drain off the liquid without pressing
the crumbs and beat in the -four; add the
butter to the hot milk and put in next; beat
until smooth and nearly lukewarm before
eggs go in; bake in muffin rings on hot
grddle. Send to table hot and tear, not cut,
open.
FRIED CUCUMBERs.- off the skin, slice
lengthwise into thick pieces and lay in cold
water half an hour; wipe dry, dip in beaten
egg, then in fine cracker crumbs, seasoned
pretty highly with pepper and salt, and fry
in hot lard; drain dry and eat hot. They
are far more palatabe than might be sup
posed. Some like to squeeze a few drops of
lemon juice on each slice before eating it.
MER1NGUED COFFEE.-Make hot and
strong; put into each cup one or two Jumps
of sugar and two tablespoonfuls of scalding
milk; fill up with coffee and lay on the sur
face heaping teaspoonful of meringue
made by mixing the white Of an egg frotned
stiff, with half pint Of whipped cream.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-20
Whereabouts of JENNY Lind.

Jenny Lind-Mme. Otto Goldschmid-the
first great vocalist that ever came to America,
is now sixty-seven years old. She is settled
in England where she has resided since 1856.
Otto Goldschmid, whom she married, was
the musical director of her orchestra when
she sang in America. Recently she had
charge of choir and the female voices have
had the benefit of Nine. Goldschmid's train
ing. On the establishment of the Royal
College Of Music she was appointed one of
its professors, but has recently resigned
Ho17lelsviUe Times.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-20

Salmon Bisque.
Brown Fricasse of Chicken.
Stuffed Tomatoes.
Green Peas. Mashed Potatoes.
Egg Salad with Sardine Mayonnaise.
Huckleberry Pudding.
Coffee.
SALMON B1soUE-Two full cups of minced
salmon, two cups of fine crumbs, half cup
of butter two quarts of boiling water, pepper
and salt, a tablespoonful of minced parsley,
two raw eggs beaten white You can use
canned salmon ifyou like.] Rub the warmed
butter into the minced salmon, season, and
put over the fire with the boiling water.
Cook gently half an hour, stir in crumbs and
parsley, simmer five minutes, add the beaten
eggs. stir well and pour out. Send around
crackers and lemon with it.
BROWN FRICAssEE OF CHICKEN.-Joint a
fowl and lay in dripping pan on thin
stratum of chopped salt pork and a little
minced onion. Pour in cold water two inches
deep, cover with another pan and cook
slowly until tender; uncover, increase the
heat, turning the chicken often as one side
browns. When all the pieces are colored
take them up and arrange on hot dish.
Add to the gravy more boiling water,
spoonful of butter rolled in two of Drowned
flour some minced parsley, pepper, and, if
needed, salt; boil up and pour over the
chicken.
STUFFED ToMAroEs.-Cut piece from the
smooth top of each fine, ripe tomato, and
take out the inside. Chop the pulp, mix with
a force-meat of crumbs and butter, season
with salt, sugar and pepper. Fill the hol-
lowed tomatoes with this mixture, fit on the
tops and bake from forty to forty-tive min
utes, packed neatly in bake dish. Fill the
gaps between the tomatoes with the force
meat if any is left over before baking.
EGG SALAD WITH SARDINE MAYoNNAIsE.-
Boil eight eggs hard, and throw them into
cold water, to lie there while you make
the mayonnaise. When thick and smooth
rub four sardines to a pulp and whip
them in gradually. Cut the eggs into
quarters, lay on crisp lettuce leaves, and as
you serve these out pour the dressing over
them. At this season, when salad is more
than a luxury-almost necessity, If one
would keep well-study such agreeable nov
elites as the above. 1t will be found de-
icious.
HUCKLEBERRY PUDDING.-Two cups Oh
milk, two eggs four cups of flour, half a
cup of yeast or half yeast cake dissolved in
warm water, two teaspoonfuls of butter, a
scant teaspoonful of soda, and half as much
salt sifted three times with the flour: a
quart of berries. Whip the eggs, butter
(warmed) and milk together, and pour grad
ually into hole in the sfted flour. Mix
WE'LL put in the yeast and set to rise in
bowl for four or five hours or until light.
Then stir in the berries, dredged thickly
with -four, pour into creased mold, and
boil steadily for two hours. Turn out and
eat warm with hard sauce.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-20
WhenDoctorsAgree

Who shall say that the remedy
which they unite in SO unequivocally
indorsing is not boon to human
kind? At no time of the year could
the following terse extracts from trite
letters be more appropriate than just
now when summer with all its attend
ant dangers is upon us:
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-20
A Hint to Temperance Advocates.

The right remedy, the only remedy, against
vicious appetites and vicious desires is per
sonal character, created through development
of the sense of individual responsibility. You
can't makea man honest by trying to put out
can't make him temperate by an effort TO
keep liquors away from him; but you NAV
make him both honest and temperate bS
building him up in the solid purposes al
morvl character.-Portlond Oregoasian.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-20
INADEQUATE Mortal.

A scientific journal, in an attempt to prove
that mankind could not exert mechanical
force enough of their own to produce the
amount of heat needed to raise the crops
necessary daily to feed themselves. states
that the mechanical equivalent of the YER
teal sunshine received upon square mile
of the earth's surface is computed to be
3, 323, 900, 900 pounds raised foot high in a
second" Those who have survived hesun's
rays during the past few weeks must think
these figures at least approximately correct.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-20

The King of Greece is very tall and slim,
with dull heavy face, sleepy blue ewes.
thick, straight nose and dropping brown
mustache.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-20

The late Lord Beaconsfeld left the cloister
and entered the great world early-as did
John Bright-and commenced his politica
career by writing a book at seventeen, III
which he predicted that he would be prime
minister
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-20
nR. E. WARREN, late Puryeyor Gen
~ era1 c. S. A., General Lees staff.

DR. f. WARREN, late Puryeyor Cen
- eral C. S. A., General Lees staff.
'Dr. Worthingtons Medicine has long enjoy,
high reputation in and out of the army
SURsGttoS GENERAL MOORE late
"We will place Worthingtons Medicine i'll
the army remedy"
nR; H: V. DUNsToN, BERTHE County
Always used DR.. worthington's Medicine
with success
nR;; LEVI S. YATES, of North Caro-
y have no hesitation in saying DR., Worthng.
tons Medicine is invaluable"
nR: S. n. McALPINE, Princess Anne
~ Co., Va.
Or. Worthington's Cholera and Diarrhea
Medicine is Indispensable"
nR. c. ID. BARHANr, Southampton, vir-
~ ginia.
Worthington $ Medicine in every instance
vi DoNel dLeCllOIS mas exceeded EXPECTATIONS.
nR. o. b. SAVAGE, Gainesville, North
~ Carolina.
Or: Worthihgtons Medicine is the best be-
fore the American people,
nR. w. e. POOL Camden c. H., North
~ Carolina.
DR.. Worthinston's Cholera and Diarrhcea
Medicine have never known to fail
DR. THOMAS c. PuGH, Baltimore,
DO not know of any remedy that gives such
efficient relief as Dr. Worthington's'
ID virginia. AAo'D' 'Fe"' '
II shall always have Dr. worthisgton's Med
lclne In my practice A splendid anodyne.'
nR. P. Fl. ARTHUR, winton, North
~ Carolina.
II use Dr. Worthington's Medicine for cramp .
and stomach troubles with happiest effects
nR. JOSEPH p. JORDAN, Winto.
~ North Carolina.
81 cannot afford to be without DR.. Worth
lngtons Medicine in my practice for bowel
troubles"
DR.. Worthington's Cholera and Diarrhea Med
isine is the best known remedy for the cure o.
Cholera, Cramps, Diarrhea, Dysentery, summe-
Complaints and other affections Of the Stomach
and Bowels
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-Four bottles will be sent to any part of the 4
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SOLE PRoPR1EToRS.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-20

Or WOrthingtons Medicine has long enjOvn
high reputation in and out of the army
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-20
THE FAMILY KITCHEN.
Seasonable Bills of Fare and Receipts for
the Dishes Composing Them.

BY MARION uARLAND
(CoDyri0hted ISL
BREAKFAST.
Wheat Germ POrrdge.
Lobster CrOguetteS.
Bread and Milk Mullins.
Fried Cucumbers.
Fruit.
Meringued Coffee. Tea
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-20

DR. H. V. DUNSTON, BERTHE County
~ n. c.
always used DR.. Worthingtons Medicine
with success
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-20

CURGEON GENERAL MOORE, late c
- S. A.
1--WE will place Worthington's Medicine III
the army as a remedy.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-20

nR. LEVI S. YATES, of North Caro-
- lima.
Il have no hesitation in saying DR.. Worthing.
tons Medicine is Invaluable
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-01

led to the discovery that there were sew
eral signs used for the same letters From
these first short steps, and assum-
ing, as seemed to be indicated,
that any group of figures included
in an oval represented proper name
of some royal person, an alphabet
was built up, by which words were
spelled. The workers at this problem
were fully acquainted with many Eastern
languages, ancient and modern, and they
were not long in ascertaining that the
language of these hieroglyphics was an
ancient form of Coptc, and that this was
the same as that of the till then unknown
speech, represented on the third side Of
the Rosetta stone. 1t was almost as i'm
possible to read the Egyptian characters
as the picture-writing Of our Indians
without some previous acquaintance
with the meaning of the symbols en-
ployed, Notwithstanding the occasional
practice of following the word with
picture. Indeed, this sometimes cOmpli-
Gated the matter instead of helping it.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-01
LARGE FIGURES.

Interesting Information Concerning the
Area and Population of Europe.
General Strelbitski, who was selected by
the International Statistical Congress. held
at The Hague, to prepare report upon the
area and number of inhabitants in the diff
ferent countries of Europe, has completed
his labors, the gist of them being that the
total area of Europe is 6, 233, ,O60 square miles,
of which 8, 423, 1876 square miles belong to
Russia 391, 600 to Austria Hungary 338, 900
to Germany, 333, 435 to France, 312,S10 to
Spain, 2s1, ,615 to Sweden, 2O3, ,375 to Norway,
1856 615 to Great Britain and Ireland, 180, 310
to italy, 163 $50 to Turkey in Europe and
Bosnia, 88, $40 to Denmark, 81, 125 to Rou-
mania, $3.50 to Portugal, 40.435 to Greece,
60. 375 to Servia, 25.875 to Switzerland, 20
625 to Holland, and IS, 430 to Belgium. The
Russian empire in Europe alone covers more
than half of the whole continent, embracing
the kingdom of Poland, the grand duchy of
Finland aud part of the Caucasus. Russia also
stands far in advance of all the other ma
tions in respect to her population, which is
given by General Strelbitskl at SO, 600, 900, the
Countries which come next being the Ger
man empire (47,2O0, 900, Austria-Hungary
13a 900 OO0), France (38 300, ,OOO), Great Britain
and Ireland (37, 200, ,OO0l, Italy go ,000),
Spain (16,9OO,OOO), Switzerland (7,9O0, ,00O),
Belgium (5,850,000), Roumania (5,4O0.O 0.OOO),
Turkey in Europe 1900, ,OO0), Sweden a, ,7OO,
OOO), Holland and Portugal &, 400, 90 each),
Den Denmark q, 10000, servia (2,0OO .000), and
Norway d, 500, ,OOO.) The density of the pop
ulation is very different, for while Belgium
has 201 inhabitants to the square khometree
"a of mile), Holland 133, Great Britain and
ireland 119, Italy los, the German Empire
ss switzerland H. and Austria Hungary 50,
Snain has only IS, Turkey 81, Russia II, Den
mark Is and Norway s. But the population
Of Russia is increasing at the rate of ,250 900
. wear. and in half century it will, at this
rate. exceed $50, ,OO0, 000.-Londos Times.